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Steven Vale, MD, Ophthalmology, Scranton, PA

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Ophthalmology • Scranton, PA

Anterior Segment Related, Cornea & External Disease, Refractive Surgery

President & Medical Director, Acuity Laser Eye & Vision Center and InterMountain Eye Associates, P.C.

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  • Office

    4 Meadow Avenue
    Suite A
    Scranton, PA 18505
    Phone+1 570-504-1530
    Fax+1 570-504-1533

Summary

  • Dr. Steven Vale is a 1984 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. He received his Medical degree from The Medical College of Pennsylvania (now Drexel University School of Medicine) in 1988. Dr. Vale served his medical internship at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Chester, Pennsylvania and completed his residency in internal medicine in 1991 at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at Henry Ford Health Sciences Center in 1994 and a cornea, external disease and refractive surgery fellowship the following year at the Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

    Dr. Vale is specialty board certified in both Internal Medicine and Ophthalmology.

    Dr. Vale is Pennsylvania’s most experienced eye surgeon in the field of laser vision correction of refractive errors. He began performing PRK and LASIK in August of 1994, under the supervision of internationally renowned refractive surgery pioneer Fouad Tayfour, M.D., Director of the Windsor Laser Eye Institute, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Tayfour was the first physician in North America to perform LASIK using the Summit Excimer Laser.

    Dr. Vale has performed over 29,000 laser vision surgeries since 1994. He is the author of the first retrospective cohort study of the use of LASIK to treat myopia, which was presented at the 1995 meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He has also published numerous articles in the fields of corneal and external disease and refractive surgery.

Education & Training

  • Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
    Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityFellowship, Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery, 1994 - 1995
  • Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Hospital
    Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford HospitalResidency, Ophthalmology, 1991 - 1994
  • Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
    Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1991
  • MCP-Hahnemann College of Medicine
    MCP-Hahnemann College of MedicineClass of 1988
  • Franklin & Marshall College
    Franklin & Marshall CollegeBA, Biology with a minor in Anthropology, 1980 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1990 - 2024
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 1991 - 2001
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1995 - 1999
  • American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Ophthalmologist in Scranton, PA Top Doctors, 2018
  • Top Ophthalmologist in Bethlehem, PA Top Doctors, 2018
  • America's Best Ophthalmologists Consumers' Research Council of America, 2015-2018
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Intraocular Penetration of Dexamethasone After Photorefractive Keratectomy  
    McDermott, M, Vale, S, Tayfour, F and Cowdon, JW, Ophthalmic Surgery And Lasers, 1/1/1998
  • More On Blepharitis Management  
    Vale, S, Review of Ophthalmology, 1/1/1996
  • Anterior Segment Trauma and Air Bags  
    McDermott, ML, Shin, DH, Hughes, BA and Vale,, Arch Ophthalmol, 1/1/1995
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Visual and Refractive Results of Combined PRK and ALK in Moderate to High Myopia
    Vale, S, McDermott, ML and Tayfour, F., Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1/1/1995
  • A New Mounting Device for Use with Practical Surgery on Cadaver and Animal Whole Eyes
    Swords, RC, Vale, S and McDermott, ML., Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1/1/1995
  • The Association of Low Intraocular Pressure with the Progression of AIDS in HIV Infected Adults
    Vale, S and Kasner, L., Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting, Sarasota, Florida, 1/1/1994
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Lectures

  • The Association of Low Intraocular Pressure with the Progression of AIDS in HIV Infected Adults. 
    1/1/1994
  • Indications for Penetrating Keratoplasty in Children. 
    1/1/1994
  • An Interesting Case of Elevated Intraocular Pressure 
    1/1/1994
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Press Mentions

  • Childhood Sport Becomes Pain-Relieving Pastime and Personal Challenge
    Childhood Sport Becomes Pain-Relieving Pastime and Personal ChallengeNovember 13th, 2016

Professional Memberships

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